caalat

Afar

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَالَة (ḥāla, condition, state).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈħaːlat/ [ˈħaːlʌʰt]
  • Hyphenation: caa‧lat

Noun

cáalat m 

  1. temperament, character

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)